For the second year, IAAF Awards made their way to the Lebanese American University. The preliminary event, took place in Beirut Campus, featured motivational speeches from Lebanese celebrities that have themselves overcome adversity and found their way, and dared to dream to success. These celebrities included Singer Naji al Osta, as well as journalist and host Zaven Kouyoumjian, all of whom have paved their own way from dreams to reality.